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                    <h1>
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                            Mission Impossible
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                        Charles was no stranger to prison life. This was the third time he had been incarcerated
                        in less than 2 years. The police knew him well. Sharing a cell with drug users,
                        thieves, rapists, and murderers, Charles was considered, according to Nepalese law,
                        the worst of criminals. He had been arrested again and again for converting Buddhists
                        and Hindus to Christianity. Anyone who was caught baptizing a new believer would
                        be sentenced to death. On the king's birthday, Charles was released from prison
                        and he returned to his small house nestled in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains.
                        His American friend Rick arrived as planned. They sat over a rickety table enjoying
                        their bowls of rice with steamy vegetables, and gave thanks to the Lord for Charles'
                        deliverance once more from jail. Then they discussed their next mission to bring
                        the light of the gospel to the darkness of souls. At daybreak, the young men drove
                        to the end of the existing road. Then, by foot, they walked to the path's end. They
                        walked through rice fields and pulled themselves up the steep sides of the hilltops,
                        then dipped back down into lush green valleys. The following day they walked through
                        three ice cold rivers, holding their knapsacks above their heads. Before them lay
                        the village. Rick and Charles preached, ministered to the needs of the people, and
                        baptized the new converts. At the end of the few days, they went deeper into the
                        country. "This is going to be the hardest village," Charles explained. "Its stronghold
                        here is a witch doctor the people revere and fear." Before beginning any work, the
                        men prayed and fasted in the humble home of one of the few Christians who lived
                        in that part of the country.</p>
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                        On the third day, Rajen the witch doctor called for them. Speaking through Charles
                        as an interpreter, he told them, "I know you have come to preach and to convert
                        my people. Please eat this wonderful food I have prepared for you." Not wanting
                        to offend him, Charles and Rick ate until their bellies were full. Rajen sat watching
                        them for a long time before speaking again. "You may tell my people about your God,
                        but you must not convert them to Christianity," he warned. "What if they want to
                        become Christians?" Rick asked. "You may tell them about your God and how He has
                        worked in your life, but nothing else." That night all the village people gathered
                        around the smoky fires and listened to the two young men speak. The village people
                        thought this Jesus must have been a good man. The next day the witch doctor called
                        for them again. Once more a meal was spread out before them and Rajen pointed to
                        it. The two young ministers sat cross-legged on mats and ate until they were full.
                        Rajen watched them carefully. "You may tell them more about your God tonight. If
                        anyone wants to become a Christian it is all right. No harm will come to them in
                        this village." Rick and Charles rejoiced. Through prayer they had battled many strongholds;
                        they said that because of Jesus no more blood sacrifices were necessary, because
                        His blood atoned for all our sins. When Rick and Charles had finished sharing the
                        gospel, people came forward, forsaking their gods for the One True God. Rick noticed
                        Rajen watching from the shadows, beyond the light of the fires. Charles and Rick
                        prayed through the night for God to soften the witch doctor's heart. On the third
                        day they were summoned again to Rajen. They sat and ate, and again the witch doctor
                        touched nothing. But he was quieter and seemed withdrawn. When they finished eating,
                        Rajen in a raspy voice that shook said, "You may do whatever you would like to do."
                        Once outside, Rick hollered, "Yahoo!" and clicked his heels together as Charles
                        laughed at him. They knew that God had answered and removed the enemy's stronghold
                        from around the village. That night after Charles and Rick preached, nearly everyone
                        in the village came forward to accept Jesus into their hearts. The next day Charles
                        and Rick spent hours baptizing the new converts in the river. "This will be known
                        from now on as a Christian village and other preachers will follow us to do more
                        work here," Charles explained to Rick. Before them in the water stood Rajen. His
                        cockiness was gone and his eyes were dark and empty. "I want your God," he proclaimed.</p>
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                        Rick and Charles prayed with Rajen and he became a new creation in Jesus Christ.
                        Then they baptized him in the cold mountain river. "When you are finished here,"
                        he said, "come and see me." This time there was no food spread before them. "For
                        the past 3 days you have eaten my food," Rajen began. "With my own eyes I watched
                        you put it into your mouths." From a large box Rajen pulled a huge dead rat. "I
                        put poison in your food. See, it killed this rat. But it did not kill you. It did
                        not even make you sick. Your God is much more powerful than my magic. And your God
                        loves you and protects you. I want this God and this love inside my heart." Rick
                        and Charles began to rejoice and thank God for this miracle. "But before I decided
                        I wanted to know your Jesus, I sent a man from the village to get the Nepalese police.
                        The message said you were converting and baptizing. You must flee for your lives.
                        I am truly sorry for this. But I did not realize at the time that your God was the
                        one true God." Rajen wept. In an hour Charles and Rick had packed their belongings
                        and were ready for the trip down the mountainside and said their good-byes to the
                        people. As they walked through the clearing, Rajen stood with a small knapsack,
                        ready to accompany them. "I want to come," he told them, "I want to learn more about
                        Jesus." The three Christian brothers walked in single file along the dusty path,
                        moving quickly, saying little. They crossed two icy rivers and didn't stop to change
                        or even to dry off. Charles would be killed this time if he were caught, and Rick
                        would be jailed and then expelled from the country. The road widened, but down the
                        mountain they saw troops walking steadily toward them. There was no place to run,
                        nowhere to hide. They began to pray. Suddenly a fog grew around the side of the
                        mountain and covered them and the soldiers. Charles, Rick and Rajen walked with
                        their shoulders scraping the side of the mountain as the Nepalese soldiers passed
                        within inches on the other side of them, never seeing them through the heavy fog.
                        This was an impossible mission from beginning to end. But Jesus is a Master of the
                        impossible. All things are possible with Him. Since that time, Charles and his family
                        have had to leave Nepal. But their work has not diminished; instead it has grown.
                        A Bible school has been established in India and from there young ministers go into
                        Nepal to continue the work Charles started. Where there was once only a handful
                        of Christian ministers there are now dozens walking through the mountains, preaching
                        and baptizing believers in the cold rivers. Rajen is one of these ministers.
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